Sergeant Tim Davy of the Stevens Point Police Department presented residents with tips to identify phone scams in this file photo.

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B.C. Kowalski
| Stevens Point Journal Media

A Stevens Point police sergeant has been suspended without pay for failing to follow orders and obey the department's chain of command.

Sgt. Timothy Davy will serve a two-week suspension following an incident in July in which he violated a direct order from a superior, according to documents obtained by Stevens Point Journal Media under Wisconsin's open-records law.

According to police records, Davy, a 26-year veteran of the department who earns $61,304 a year, was ordered by supervisors to call officers in on overtime during the July 4 holiday weekend to ensure the department was ...